PREVENTABLE Synonyms: 29 Similar and Opposite Words

preventable

adjective

variants also preventible

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Recent Examples of preventable Aina said that American Black women die in childbirth at three times the rate for white women, and 87% of these deaths were preventable. — Los Angeles Times, 27 Aug. 2026 This is far from the first time that Kennedy and his allies have attempted to downplay and spread misinformation about deaths from vaccine-preventable diseases. — Beth Mole, ArsTechnica, 27 Aug. 2026 By 2025, 37 were reported, marking an increase of over 500%, said Duncan, who is also the Miami-Dade coordinator for SAFE KIDS, a nonprofit aimed at reducing preventable injuries in children, such as traffic injuries and drownings. — Amaia Gavica, Miami Herald, 27 Aug. 2026 That’s why experts consider deaths from measles to be preventable. — Brenda Goodman, CNN Money, 27 Aug. 2026 From 2015 to 2025, the sect’s congregations in Idaho experienced 15 preventable deaths of children, according to ProPublica’s reporting. — Audrey Dutton, ProPublica, 26 Aug. 2026 There’s been a sharp uptick in the number of kindergarteners deemed exempt from such mandates; in some states, more than one in every eight remains unvaccinated against a preventable disease. — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 25 Aug. 2026 This month marks four years since the preventable death of 15-year-old NyKayla Strawder, who was shot in the head and killed on her Edmondson Village porch in West Baltimore. — Brittany Berlin, Baltimore Sun, 25 Aug. 2026 Previous research has shown that on average, one death is prevented for every 230 naloxone kits distributed, so even this brief ban may have resulted in several preventable overdose deaths. — Paul Christine, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2026

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Deploy virtual physician carts and portable telemedicine systems in participating rural hospitals to expand specialty consultation, care coordination, and local clinical decision-making while reducing avoidable transfers.

— Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 27 Aug. 2026
Their deaths were avoidable, just as the strategy that put them in harm’s way was and remains reversible.

— Alexander Langlois, The Orlando Sentinel, 23 Aug. 2026

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The RealReal declined to disclose the underlying search counts or specific thresholds, leaving the size of the starting bases unclear.

— Alexandra Harrell, Footwear News, 25 Aug. 2026
Attacking reinforcements appear to be the priority now, although the exact identity or specific positions those recruits play in remains unclear.

— Andy Naylor, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2026

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